FromOld Galician-Portugueseouvyr,oyr, from earlierouir, fromLatinaudīre, a compound ofProto-Indo-European*h₂ewis(“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root*h₂ew-(“to see, perceive”)) and*dʰh₁-ye/o-(“to render”).

Cognate withPortugueseouvir,Spanishoír,Catalanoir,Occitanausir,Frenchouïr,Italianudire andRomanianauzi.

• IPA^(key): /ow.ˈβiɾ/

ouvir (first-person singular presentouzo,first-person singular preteriteouvín,past participleouvido)
ouvir (first-person singular presentouço,first-person singular preteriteouvimorouvi,past participleouvido,reintegrationist norm)

2. (transitive) tohear(to perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it)

   Synonym:sentir

• ouvinte

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ouvir”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

FromOld Galician-Portugueseouvyr,oyr, from earlierouir, fromLatinaudīre, a compound ofProto-Indo-European*h₂ewis(“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root*h₂ew-(“to see, perceive”)) and*dʰh₁-ye/o-(“to render”).

Cognate withGalicianouvir,Spanishoír,Catalanoir,Occitanausir,Frenchouïr,Italianudire andRomanianauzi.

• (São Miguel, Azores)IPA^(key): [øˈvi(ɾ)]

• Audio(Portugal (Porto)):

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• Homophone:ouvi(Brazil)
• Hyphenation:ou‧vir

ouvir (first-person singular presentouçooroiço,first-person singular preteriteouvi,past participleouvido)

2. (transitive) tohear(to perceive with the ear, without necessarily paying attention to it)
   • 2005,J. K. Rowling, translated byLia Wyler,Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco,→ISBN, page100:

     Se ao menos a gente pudesseouvir o que estão dizendo!

     If at least we could hear what they're saying!

   • 2012,Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “Os pêssegos”, inDiálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva,→ISBN, page29:

     Nãose ouvia mais nada, além dos ruídos naturais do pôquer. O clicar das fichas. Frases curtas: "Dou cartas." "Vou." "Não vou." "Pago pra ver." "Não é possível!"

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3. (transitive, figuratively) topay attention to
4. (transitive, figuratively) totake into account,take into consideration
5. (intransitive) tohave thesense ofhearing
6. (intransitive, figuratively, colloquial) to bereprimanded, beembarrassed

• ouvidor
• ouvinte

• Guinea-Bissau Creole:obi
• Kabuverdianu:obi,uví
• Macanese:uví

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